10/10, 2019

Delphinidae

Killer whales photographed off the south side of Unimak Island, eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Photograph by Robert Pitman (NOAA).

Killer whales photographed off the south side of Unimak Island, eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Photograph by Robert Pitman (NOAA).

  • “Oceanic dolphins”
  • Family within superfamily Delphinoidea inside infraorder Cetacea
  • Cetacea:
    • Baleen whales
    • Toothed whales
      • Ziphiidae (beaked whales)
      • Platanistidae (river dolphins)
      • Kogiidae (dwarf sperm whales)
      • Physeteridae (sperm whales)
      • Delphinoidea
        • Phocoenidae (porpoises)
        • Monodontidae (belugas and narwhals)
        • Delphinidae (dolphins, killer and pilot whales)

Delphinidae:

Phylogenetic tree of selected taxa within Delphinidae, edited from: *Vilstrup et al, 2011*

Phylogenetic tree of selected taxa within Delphinidae, edited from: Vilstrup et al, 2011

  • Over 30 extant species
  • Most live in the oceans
  • Larger species are named whales
  • Whale watching

Observation Data - GBIF

GBIF global network since 2019

GBIF global network since 2019

Voting participant

Associate participant

  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Free
  • Open access
  • Biodiversity data worldwide

Observation Data - Diversity

Genus Species Observations
Cephalorhynchus commersonii 619
Cephalorhynchus eutropia 7
Cephalorhynchus heavisidii 8
Cephalorhynchus hectori 108
Delphinus capensis 208
Delphinus delphis 9017
Feresa attenuata 26
Globicephala macrorhynchus 409
Globicephala melaena 77
Globicephala melas 1224
Grampus griseus 1416
Lagenodelphis hosei 67
Lagenorhynchus acutus 711
Lagenorhynchus albirostris 537
Lagenorhynchus australis 171
Lagenorhynchus cruciger 67
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens 139
Lagenorhynchus obscurus 87
Lissodelphis borealis 35
Lissodelphis peronii 4
Genus Species Observations
Orcaella brevirostris 11
Orcaella heinsohni 659
Orcinus orca 1880
Peponocephala electra 42
Pseudorca crassidens 211
Sotalia fluviatilis 35
Sotalia guianensis 69
Sousa chinensis 34
Sousa plumbea 6
Sousa sahulensis 1294
Sousa teuszii 4
Stenella attenuata 399
Stenella clymene 8
Stenella coeruleoalba 1578
Stenella frontalis 2217
Stenella longirostris 1207
Steno bredanensis 113
Tursiops aduncus 1188
Tursiops australis 5
Tursiops truncatus 13771

Observation data of members of the Delphinidae family

Observation Data - Global Diversity

Location data of Delphinidae species grouped by genera

Observation Data - Per Country

Observation Data - Orcinus orca

Observation Data - When to travel